1) Nationalistic coverage. Background: previous comments about the quite impressive Sino-centrism of what China Central TV chooses to broadcast.Right now as I type, some of the marquee events of track and field, on the last night of competition, are... ...full story at James Fallows
from James Fallows on Sat, Aug 23 2008
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| 29 Nov 08 |
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2008 beijing olympics womens track and field coverage »
YouTube video womens track and field coverage at th 2008 beijing olympics featuring the 100m,200m,400m,100m hurdles, and the 4x100m relay |
| 17 Aug 08 |
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A Night at the Bird’s Nest » China Journal Saturday night was a major athletic night at the National Stadium—a smorgasbord of track and field events crowned by Jamaican Usain Bolt’s camera-ready finale, making the smashing of a world record look easy. Usain Bolt of Jamaica as he took... |
| 21 Aug 08 |
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Beijing Games coverage to top list » People's Daily The Beijing Games will top all previous broadcasts of the event in terms of coverage and technology. An official said some 4.5 billion people would have viewed the Games on TV and online. For the first time, the Games are being broadcast in digital... |
| 24 Apr 08 |
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Hu regrets unfriendly events in France » Shanghai Daily PRESIDENT Hu Jintao said yesterday that China had always valued the Sino-French relationship and regretted seeing events occur that hurt Chinese feelings. China is sticking to its policy of Sino-French friendship,... |
| 23 Oct 07 |
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KFC Chooses Mengniu Over Nestle, Citic and Bear Back On Track » Zhonghuarising Here's a follow-up to two of my previous posts. KFC selects Mengniu as its lead supplier of dairy products in China, replacing the decades-old dairy contract with Nestle. As I mentioned before, KFC's parent company, Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM),... |
| 25 Apr 08 |
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President Hu: China values ties with France, unwilling to see events hurting Chinese feelings » People's Daily President Hu Jintao said in Beijing on Thursday that China had always valued the Sino-French relationship and was regretful to see events occur that hurt Chinese feelings. China sticks to the policy of Sino-French friendship, all-r ... |